单词 | recreant |
释义 | recreant —recreance, recreancy, n. —recreantly, adv. /rek"ree euhnt/, adj. 1. cowardly or craven. 2. unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous. n. 3. a coward. 4. an apostate, traitor, or renegade. [1300-50; ME < OF, adj. and n. use of prp. of recreire to yield in a contest, equiv. to re- RE- + creire < L credere to believe] Syn. 1. dastardly, pusillanimous, base, faint-hearted, yellow. 2. faithless, untrue, apostate. 3. dastard. Ant. 1. brave. 2. loyal. 3. hero. |
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